# Monsieur Castanède — The Red and the Black character guide

> Monsieur Castanède in The Red and the Black by Stendhal.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Monsieur Castanède, Castanède, the abbé Castanède

**First appearance:** 0025-chapter-xxv-the-seminary

## Who they are

A priest at the seminary.

## In the story

### [Chapter XXVII. First Experience Of Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_and_the_black_br/chapters/chapter-xxvii-first-experience-of-life)

A teacher at the seminary who delivers a lecture on the power of the Pope and the material benefits of the priesthood, embodying the corruption Julien despises.

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